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UPDATE: Human Rights Defenders in China Under Attack

10-18-2011

By Human Rights Defenders
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In September, Human Rights First highlighted the cases of a number of Chinese human rights defenders at risk. Since that blog post, the circumstances of two defenders have changed significantly.

Li Fangping is a prominent human rights lawyer who represented a number of high-profile cases regarding victims of political and religious persecution. In April 2011, he was kidnapped and held in an unknown location. He wasreleased on May 4, 2011, following six days in secret detention. The AP reported that following his release, Li hewed to the practice of many human rights defenders and declined to give details about his detention.

Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights lawyer, had been detained since the rejection of his final appeal in 2007. He was released from prison in September 2010, but continues to be detained under house arrest enforced by “police and thugs to keep outsiders away.” Again according to the AP, Chen’s captors have beaten him unconscious on at least one occasion and do not allow his six-year old daughter to leave the house to attend school. His home confinement has attracted the attention of activists who attempt to visit him despite government efforts to deter visitors.


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  • KH

    Despicable! Glad to know the US gov is too busy borrowing money from China to pay attention to blatant state repression.

  • ChongQing

    On the first day they came, they spoke to us of progress… they measured our lands and we said nothing …
    On the second day they came, they invaded our houses… they expelled our children and we said nothing …
    On the third day the water covered everything and because we said nothing we will never be able to do anything
    Are we going to let this happen again?

    The rights to freedom of movement and to choose one’s residence, recognized in many international laws and national constitutions, are infringed when forced evictions occur. The right to security of the person, also widely established, means little in practical terms when people are forcibly evicted with violence, bulldozers and intimidation. Direct governmental harassment, arrests or even killings of community leaders opposing forced evictions are common and violate the rights to life, to freedom of expression and to join organizations of one’s choice.

  • http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_0246c6e80100nre9.html persecution

    Many people in Chongqing, China.

    They are subjected to unfair and unlawful forced evictions.

    There are some Public-spirited agent ad litem, they help everyone.
    - Feng Yaowu (封耀武; Male, more than 60 years old, A retired official)
    - Gao Zhisheng (高治生; Male, more than 60 years old, A retired doctor)
    - Yu Xiaodong (虞晓东; Male, more than 40 years old, Freelance)
    - Yuan Ying (袁英; Female, more than 50 years old, Female)
    - Dai Haibo (戴海波; Male, more than 50 years old, Retirees)
    - Liu Cui (刘翠; Female, more than 30 years old)
    - Deng Songtao (邓松涛; Male, more than 40 years old, Unknown)
    … …

    They helped several hundred people.

    Therefore, since last year, they suffered to
    - Residential surveillance
    - Arbitrary detention
    - Reeducation through labor

    The persecution is still continuing.

    Please pay attention to these blogs:

    “牛”案背后征地疑云
    http://news.sina.com.cn/s/sd/2011-04-20/114422326302_2.shtml
    为救四位公益代理人全体重庆受助人联合发出的感谢信!
    http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_0246c6e80100nre9.html
    『天涯杂谈』 有良心的人，我的恩人！被重庆市巴南区刑拘！
    http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/free/1/2074185.shtml
    [原创]被抓律师虞晓东向重庆市政法委书记刘光磊致的公开信
    http://club.kdnet.net/dispbbs.asp?boardid=1&id=6709664&page=1&uid=&usernames=&userids=&action=